Human Relations and Development IV

Hello everyone, I have an Assignment for you today. This assignment must be DONE by Sunday, January 10, 2021, no later than 10 pm. By the way, I need this assignment to be PLAGIARISM FREE & a Spell Check when completed. Make sure you READ the instructions CAREFULLY. Now without further ado, the instructions to the assignments are below:

Locate the following case study in the course textbook:

Interpersonal Relations Case 15.1 – The One Cent Ethical Dilemma, p. 375. (Will be attached below)

Complete the case study by showing your understanding of the content in addressing the questions and directives in two to three pages, including a title page and reference page. The title and reference pages do not count toward the total page requirement.

Answer the Case Questions at the end of the case on p. 375. In addition, answer the following directives to complete your case study:

What actions do you recommend Rajah take about his concerns with respect to the new one-cent-in-change policy?
Explain whether you think Rajah should blow the whistle on his employer.
What is your opinion of the ethics of the new policy about withholding one-cent-in-change?
Is there a need for ethics training? If so, why?
How often should ethics training take place? Why?
By having ethics training, what can the employer and employees learn?

Be sure to apply the proper APA format for the content and reference provided.

By the way, I have several attachments below. The first attachment is a study guide. If you want get a better understanding of the unit. Go to the “Suggested Reading” section towards the bottom of the Study Guide & click on each of the chapters provided. The next attachment is a image on the Interpersonal Relations Case 15.1 – The One Cent Ethical Dilemma, on page 375 which you will need to READ to complete this assignment. And please be sure to answer the Case Questions at the bottom of the Case study and incorporate the questions above in the instructions into your response. Be sure to use the resources below. Remember NO PLAGIARISM & I need will need a PLAGIARISM REPORT upon completion.

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Course Learning Outcomes for Unit IV

Upon completion of this unit, students should be able to:

7. Explain the importance of ethical behavior.
7.1 Explain what an employer/employee can learn from ethics training.
7.2 Explain the need for training on ethical behavior.

Reading Assignment

Chapter 10: Becoming an Effective Leader

Chapter 11: Motivating Others

Chapter 15: Enhancing Ethical Behavior

Unit Lesson

In this unit lesson, you will see that Chapter 10 discusses individual leadership traits; team leadership skills,
attitudes, and behaviors; as well as how to develop your leadership potential. According to DuBrin (2015),
“Leadership is the ability to inspire support and confidence among the people who are needed to achieve
company goals” (p. 226). A leader is someone who is capable of effectively influencing others within the
workplace. Anderson and Bolt (2013) identify types of leaders as autocratic, democratic, and laissez-faire. A
leader must be able to identify with certain traits and to develop this skill consistently over time to become
even more effective.

Key Leadership Traits to Develop

Please review the ten traits that the textbook identifies as key to becoming an effective leader. Identifying with
the ten traits provides an opportunity to better understand effective leadership and develop behaviors
accordingly. Of course, the development process will depend on each individual’s needs. Defining your
developmental needs in light of the traits can vary according to experience and exposure as a leader. As an
individual entering into the realm of leadership, one must assess his or her own personal characteristics to
properly monitor and assess his or her own behavior. Monitoring and assessing one’s own behavior helps
identify opportunities for progress.

Team Leader

In the leadership process, the leader must be able to influence others in accomplishing the goals and
objectives of the organization. According to DuBrin (2015), “The best opportunities for practicing leadership
occur as a team leader” (p. 239). As you practice being a leader, you are able to identify with the leader type
that best suits your style of leadership. Once you have a handle on leading, identify the means of creating
collaborative efforts within a specific team setting. The different types of teams include formal, informal, and
virtual, which help in delivering and communicating effectively. The skills learned as a leader must be
applied to further develop within the various team types. Refer to the textbook to identify with examples of
developing teamwork.

Leadership Development

According to DuBrin (2015), as you continue to lead and develop your own leadership potential, it is important
“to (1) acquire broad experience, (2) model effective leaders, (3) self-develop leadership traits and behaviors,

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(4) become an integrated human being (a fully functioning person), (5) practice small leadership acts, and (6)
help your leader lead” (p. 248).

Also, the unit lesson focuses on Chapter 11, which is based on workplace motivation and commitment and
the use of positive reinforcement, recognition, and self-motivation. Motivation is identified as “an internal state
that leads to effort expended toward objectives” (DuBrin, 2015, p. 255). Within the work environment,
motivation should be used for encouragement, growth, and the development to drive efforts toward the
accomplishment of the goals and objectives of the organization. Positive reinforcement is one example of how
to improve engagement and motivate workers. Of this effort, a top-down approach must be present, where
you have upper management practicing the same workplace culture as desired by the employees. As
members of management practice the desired outcome, they are showing the commitment to overall
development and growth within the organization, internally and externally. Recognition can come in many
forms such as words of appreciation, rewarded time, monetary gifts, or other desired rewards. You should
determine what is considered positive reinforcement for each employee and how he or she chooses to be
rewarded as not all rewards are desired by all employees. Please refer to page 256 of the textbook for a self-
assessment on motivating others.

Motivation

Motivation is important to bring about encouragement and positive change within the organization. Many will
say, motivation is based upon “What is in it for me?” and “Why help others?” attitudes. It is simpler to paint the
bigger picture as to why we promote engagement and interaction, and then we can work together to bring
about even more growth and development. Of course, motivation is all based upon need. “Key employee
needs that might require satisfaction include achievement, power affiliation, autonomy, esteem, safety and
security, and equity” (DuBrin, 2015, p. 271).

Positive Reinforcement

Certain rules should be followed to effectively apply positive reinforcement. The rules to follow can be located
on p. 271 of the textbook.

Self-Motivation

Self-motivation is needed to accomplish the set goals identified by an individual. Of course, this is not easy for
many people. A person must realize and believe that he or she can perform, accomplish, and achieve what is
in his or her heart’s desire. In thinking positively and accomplishing goals set, an individual must identify and
address certain specifics, which can be located in the textbook readings.

Chapter 15 discusses ethical behavior and explains why being ethical can be difficult within the work
environment. In addition, the chapter covers making ethical decisions and behaving ethically. According to
DuBrin (2015), acting ethically is more about choices, determining “what is good and bad, right and wrong,
just and unjust, and what people should do” (p. 355).

Business Ethics

Why should one be concerned with business ethics? Business ethics brings about desired behaviors and
cultural and moral certainty within an organization. An organization can set the tone for the type of culture and
moral to be represented on a daily basis. In most organizations, a code of ethics can be found that outlines
the specifics as far as what is expected from each employee in the area of behaving ethically. As an
organization distributes this document, it is the responsibility of both the employee and employer to abide by
the identified codes. The employer should be there to assist when there are any comments or concerns
pertaining to any identified standard within the ethics log. Some sample codes of ethics can be found when
reviewing the textbook readings.

Of course, the identified samples are just a few, which are usually explained in greater detail in the code of
ethics and the employee handbook. All parties should abide by the code of ethics, which has great returns
(e.g., increased morale, respect, business, profits, and pride in the business performance of all).

If unethical behavior is found within an organization, great shame and disruption in the flow of business may
follow; therefore, you must specify what is considered unethical behavior. Figure 15-1 on p. 359 of the

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textbook provides examples of frequent ethical dilemmas, which should be avoided. Also, you can refer to the
textbook to identify with additional samples of guidelines on how to behave ethically.

References

Anderson, L. E., & Bolt, S. B. (2013). Professionalism: Skills for workplace success (3rd ed.). Upper Saddle

River, NJ: Pearson.

DuBrin, A. J. (2015). Human relations: Interpersonal job-oriented skills (12th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ:

Pearson.